"Company Picnic" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 9. In this episode, Mr. Krabs throws a company picnic to boost morale.
Characters[]
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Krabby Patty workers
- Herb (debut)
- Loretta (debut)
- Timmy (patty) (debut)
- Sally (patty) (debut)
- Pete (patty) (debut)
- Squidward Tentacles
- Mrs. Tentacles (cameo in a photo)
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Jellyfish
- Barnacle Boy (mentioned)
- Seahorses
- Simmy (debut)
- Tally (debut)
- Kelpy (cameo as a toy)
- Pearl Krabs (cameo as a toy)
- Dolphin toy (debut)
- Walrus toys (debut)
- Beary (cameo on the backboard of the ball toss game)
- Unicorn (debut) (cameo on the backboard of the ball toss game)
- Dinosaur (debut) (cameo on the backboard of the ball toss game)
- Mayonnaise Bad (debut) (mentioned)
- Bug (debut)
- Fish skeletons
- King Neptune (mentioned)
Synopsis[]
The episode starts at the Krusty Krab, where SpongeBob is playing with patty meat and other ingredients on the grill. Since it is a slow day, he imagines the Krabby Patties coming to life. Tossing around the pickles, one suddenly launches into Squidward's eye, causing him to mistakenly grab the hot sauce and squirt it into his eye. Mr. Krabs then extinguishes his eye, and the Krabby Patties SpongeBob had left on the grill. Mr. Krabs is curious as to why SpongeBob is not working. Since SpongeBob had his Krabby Patties on a picnic, Mr. Krabs decides to throw his own company picnic. Plankton, meanwhile, spies on the crew through the back window, and gets an idea to throw his own company picnic, too.
Squidward and Mr. Krabs having fun.
This leads to a transition where Mr. Krabs is acting cheap again with the picnic materials and ends up devastating the company picnic. To boost Squidward's sour attitude, Mr. Krabs tries to play games to do so, but Squidward still resents him. Plankton comes by and sets up a more fun company picnic that Squidward and Mr. Krabs soon rush over to. While Mr. Krabs and Squidward frolic, after SpongeBob accidentally throws the pen used to sign a contract that will make Mr. Krabs work for Plankton (though he took it away from Mr. Krabs on purpose to try to stop him from working for Plankton) after seeing it go through a robot, he realizes all the content in Plankton's company picnic were holograms, and SpongeBob soon rushes over to stop them from being deceived. Plankton then gets launched in a plate of mustard and explodes when it hit the land and Mr. Krabs actually thanks SpongeBob for saving him. SpongeBob then tells that this is the greatest company picnic ever, with a rainbow, some jellyfishes, and some seahorses coming in the scene, and after that, Mr. Krabs tells Squidward and SpongeBob to get back to work. The episode ends with Squidward getting stung by a jellyfish, much to his dismay.
Production[]
This episode was first confirmed by the Australian schedule Foxtel sometime during either December 2013 or early January 2014 listed under its original title, #190a "Dueling Picnics." News of this schedule began to quickly spread across SpongeBuddy Mania and The SpongeBob Community on January 10, 2014. It was originally scheduled to premiere on that day in Australia sometime in the evening, being paired up with the now scrapped #190b "Krab's Army." Another now scrapped episode called #191 "SpaceBob InvaderPants" was scheduled to air alongside it. However, all of these were revealed to be scheduling errors[1] and what instead played in those time slots were reruns of "Pineapple Fever," "Chum Caverns," and "The Clash of Triton."[2]
Image of the script.
The episode was mentioned in a tweet by Paul Tibbitt on November 14, 2014.
The image of a script listed "Dueling Picnics" as a former title. The episode script was written by Jack Pendarvis and the story is by Doug Lawrence.[3] On an interesting note, Kyle McCulloch is another writer for this episode. Although, this fact was not known until the episode was officially released.
On July 4, 2015, Sherm Cohen confirmed the episode.[4]
In the storyboard version of the scene where Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob talk about going on a company picnic:
- Herb's family is shaped differently than in the final version.
- In the storyboard version, there is one pickle on the image on the pickle jar. In the final version, there are two.
- In the storyboard version, the pickles in the jar are slices. In the final version, they are full pickles.
- In the storyboard version, the calendar next to the pickle jar has more than one ship. In the final version, there is only one ship.
- In the storyboard version, in the bun image, more of the bottom box appears than in the final version, the bottom right drawer is overflowing with buns, and the bottom left drawer has a label. In the final version, less of the bottom box appears than in the storyboard version, the bottom right drawer is not overflowing with buns, and the bottom left drawer does not have a label on it. Also, the barrel and trash can are different in that storyboard version than in the final version.
- In the storyboard version, the ketchup bottles, thee image on them, and the faucet are all different than in the final version.
- In the storyboard version, the hose is wrapped around the holder twice. In the final version, it is wrapped around once.
- Pete looks different in the storyboard version than in the final version.
- The productivity chart ketchup line is a little different in the storyboard version than in the final version.
- When Mr. Krabs says, "No! Not leaving the workplace for pleasure," in the final version, he looks like he did in his previous shot, but in the storyboard version, he does not.
- When Mr. Krabs says, "Gee, SpongeBob, do you think if I threw a picnic, your productivity would increase?," the first image in the storyboard features Mr. Krabs with his left claw up with the pincers pointing up. In the final version, at no point in that period does Mr. Krabs lift his left claw up and have his pincers pointing up.
Art[]
Storyboards[]
Music[]
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Another Best Day Ever - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
• Lopey Sailor's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [opening at Krusty Krab]
‣ Dramatic Impact (6) - Ivor Slaney [pickle flies into Squidward's eye]
‣ Monster Bug [#35] - Gregor Narholz [pickle impacts into Squidward's eye]
‣ House Of Horror BEST - William Merrick Farran [Squidward screams]
‣ Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer [Krabs with fire extinguisher]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19A - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs sprays Squidward]
• An Underwater Conversation 1 - Barry Anthony [SpongeBob's food friends]
• Bell Tree Gliss - Nicolas Carr [Krabs gets an idea]
• An Underwater Conversation 1 - Barry Anthony [Krabs lists productive things for SpongeBob to do]
• chl_prchit_belltreedown - Nicolas Carr ["Here's a little worker. We'll call him Pete."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 1 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Hey, what's wrong with Pete?"]
• Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [productivity chart]
• Hgliss & Bell - Nicolas Carr ["Hey!"]
• Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob suggests to Mr. Krabs to do a company picnic.]
• Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr ["See, look!"]
• Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Krabs considers throwing a company picnic.]
• Showbizzy March - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Krabs and SpongeBob high five each other]
‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede [Plankton spying]
• Solo Steel 2 - Jeremy Wakefield [picnic in Jellyfish Fields]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob makes a toilet paper hat]
• Silly Bob Conversation 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward picks up a mustard packet]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6B - Jeremy Wakefield ["I don't see it anywhere."]
‣ Bumbling (b) - Bernd Gesell [Krabs won't let Squidward leave]
• Superfriends Wipe - Nicolas Carr ["Hi, I'm Barnacle Boy!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19D - Jeremy Wakefield [Krabs and SpongeBob laugh]
‣ Enchanted [#67.03] - Gregor Narholz ["We've learned a little something."]
‣ Everlasting D - Gregor Narholz ["...the greatest company picnic ever!"]
• Planktons Party Bus 4 thin mix - Nicolas Carr [bus approaches]
• Planktons Party Bus 4 Trashed - Nicolas Carr [bus approaches]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Chumpany picnic?"]
• Big Top in 4 - Brad Carow [Plankton shows SpongeBob all the activities]
• Big Top in 3 - Brad Carow [A calliope is played.]
• Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward runs past Krabs]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob zips Krabs' shell]
• Big Top in 4 - Brad Carow [Squidward riding roller coaster]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 34A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob squirts mayo on Krabs' face]
• Zombie Organ Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Ooh, the ghost of mayonnaise bad!"]
• Big Top in 4 - Brad Carow [cotton candy]
• Goofy Conversation Continued Thin Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["You want to join in all that fun over there with Mr. Squidward, don't ya?"]
• Welcome to Glove World - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Krabs plays carnival games]
• Welcome to Glove World Lite Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Krabs plays carnival games]
‣ Befuddled Gent (30 Sec) - Phil Green [Plankton holds up contract]
• Credit Card Heaven 2 - Nicolas Carr [candy pens]
• Mystery Chime - Nicolas Carr [candy pens]
‣ Befuddled Gent (30 Sec) - Phil Green ["Me first!"]
‣ Creeping Up [#63] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["This is working far better than I planned."]
‣ House Of Horror [#10.5] - William Merrick Farran ["Mr. Krabs, don't sign it!"]
‣ Agitation Bridge 5 - Phil Green [hologram projector]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12E - Jeremy Wakefield ["Simmy and Tally are holograms?"]
• Who Said That- Jolly Good Fellow - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["I was riding that?"]
• Noodly Shinanigans - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Cotton Candy cart is revealed to be a barrel of chum]
‣ Terror - Alan Braden [fish skeletons]
• Rip Tide - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["You saved me, boy."]
‣ Everlasting (d) - Gregor Narholz ["The greatest company picnic ever!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31C - Jeremy Wakefield ["Alright, enough relaxing. Back to work."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31D - Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 16, Krabby Days, SpongeBob Schwammkopf, Staffel 9, Vol. 2, Complete Ninth Season, Collection Triple, Next 100 Episodes, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Reception[]
- This episode was nominated for an Emmy at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program.[5]
Trivia[]
General[]
- This is the third episode to use a red-and-white checkered background for the title card. The first is "Dying for Pie," and the second is "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy."
- "Watering down the ketchup" was previously mentioned in "Safe Deposit Krabs."
- Plankton plays on words for his company picnic, calling it "Chumpany Picnic."
- Plankton's "robots" are named Simmy and Tally, mirroring SpongeBob's characters that he made from meat at the beginning of the episode named Timmy and Sally.
- SpongeBob breaks the fourth wall when he acknowledges that he is moving in slow-motion.
- This is the first episode to credit the storyboard supervisor and the animatic director in the opening credits.
- This is also Marc Ceccarelli's first episode as an animatic director.
- This is the only episode in which Barnacle Boy is referenced without Mermaid Man.
Errors[]
- In the Turkish dub, the title card was mistakenly left in English undubbed.[6]
The Galley Grub and Order Here signs are missing.
- When Squidward's eye gets infected with pickle juice, the Galley Grub and Order Here signs are missing.
The stuffed walruses tusks are miscolored.
- When SpongeBob hears Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton laughing together, the two stuffed walruses tusks are colored orange instead of yellow.
- SpongeBob's lower jaw disappears just before the candy pen goes through Simmy's eye.
- The candy pen disappears when Simmy gets turned back into a trash can.
Karen is mistakenly credited.
- In the closing credits for this episode, Jill Talley is credited as playing Karen. However, Karen is neither seen nor heard in this episode.
Videos[]
References[]
- ^ https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10047-new-episodes-revealed-by-australia-schedule/
- ^ https://www.sbmania.net/forums/threads/new-episodes-airing-in-australia.36866/page-3#post-663959
- ^ Paul Tibbitt, Twitter post, November 14, 2014, 12:05 a.m., https://web.archive.org/web/20151105150739/https://twitter.com/paultibbitt/status/533168855959339008.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160208190715/https://twitter.com/ShermCohen/status/617396079215009792
- ^ https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-short-format-animated-program
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcalqDbyakU
